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2007 Faculty Excellence Recognition Program




Jan. 7, 2007

Thursday, Jan. 4 Men's Basketball versus Arizona State

Boon Chew Food Science and Human Nutrition CAHNRS Awarded the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences R. M. Wade Excellence in Teaching and Learning Award

Richard Dougherty Food Science and Human Nutrition CAHNRS Awarded the 2006 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Public Service

Charles Edwards Food Science and Human Nutrition CAHNRS Awarded the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences Faculty Excellence in Research Award

Ann Kennedy Crop and Soil Sciences CAHNRS Named a 2006 American Society of Agronomy Fellow and a 2006 Soil Science Society America Fellow

John Reganold Crop and Soil Sciences CAHNRS Recognized with the 2006 WSU Distinguished Faculty Address and named a 2006 Regents Professor

Dan Rodgers Animal Science CAHNRS Awarded the Graduate School Outstanding Advisor Award

Barry Swanson Food Science and Human Nutrition CAHNRS Elected Fellow of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology

Joseph Yenish Crop and Soil Sciences CAHNRS Awarded the 2006 Kenneth J. Morrison Extension Award

Saturday, Jan. 6 Men's Basketball versus Arizona

Roger Chapman Natural Resource Sciences CAHNRS Awarded the Faculty Excellence Award from the WSU Naval ROTC

Mary Garcia Human Development CAHNRS Awarded the Outstanding Faculty Service from WSU's Harold and Jeanne Rounds Olsen Writing Across the Curriculum program

Linda Hardesty Natural Resource Sciences CAHNRS Awarded the 2006 Outstanding Achievement Award from the Society for Range Management

Larry Hiller Horticulture and Landscape Architecture CAHNRS Awarded the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource Sciences Excellence in Advising Award

Darrell Kilgore Information Department CAHNRS Honored with the Award of Distinction, Accolade Award, and Aegis Award from The Videographer Awards

Jerry Kyllo Information Department CAHNRS Honored with the Award of Distinction, Accolade Award, and Aegis Award from The Videographer Awards

Drexel Rhoades Information Department CAHNRS Honored with the Award of Distinction, Accolade Award, and Aegis Award from The Videographer Awards

Jack Rogers Plant Pathology CAHNRS Awarded the 2006 WSU Eminent Faculty Award

Gerald Steffen Information Department CAHNRS Awarded the 2006 Communicator Award, Print Media; and Award of Distinction, "Connections Magazine"

Jennifer Wilson Information Department CAHNRS Honored with the Award of Distinction, Accolade Award, and Aegis Award from The Videographer Awards

Thursday, Jan. 11 Women's Basketball versus California

Bintong Chen Management and Operations College of Business Named a College of Business Dean's Excellence Fellow

Stergios Fotopoulos Management and Operations College of Business Awarded the College of Business Teaching Innovation Grant

Mark Fuller Information Systems College of Business Named a College of Business Dean's Excellence Fellow and the new holder of the Philip L. Kays Distinguished Professorship in Management Information Systems

K. D. Joshi Information Systems College of Business Awarded the College of Business Teaching Innovation Grant

Gene Lai Finance, Insurance and Real Estate College of Business Named a College of Business Dean's Excellence Fellow

Michael O'Fallon Management and Operations College of Business Awarded the College of Business Graduate Student Outstanding Teaching and Research Awards

Chistoph Schneider Information Systems College of Business Awarded the College of Business Graduate Student Outstanding Research Award

Rick Sias Finance, Insurance and Real Estate College of Business Named a College of Business Dean's Excellence Fellow

Len Trevino Management and Operations College of Business Awarded the College of Business Teaching Innovation Grant

Saturday, Jan. 13 Women's Basketball versus Stanford

Glenn Crellin Washington Center for Real Estate Research College of Business Awarded the College of Business Dean's Distinguished Service Award

Yany Gregoire Marketing College of Business Named a College of Business Dean's Excellence Fellow

Dogan Gursoy School of Hospitality Business Management College of Business Named a College of Business Dean's Excellence Fellow

Jean Johnson Marketing College of Business Awarded the College of Business Outstanding Service Award, Dean's Excellence Fellow, and Teaching Innovation Grant, and was awarded the Gardener O. Hart Faculty Excellence Distinguished Professorship

Darrel Muehling Marketing College of Business Awarded the Outstanding Contributions to Advertising Research lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Advertising

Dennis Reynolds School of Hospitality Business Management College of Business Named a College of Business Dean's Excellence Fellow

David Sprott Marketing College of Business Named a College of Business Dean's Excellence Fellow and the new holder of the Boeing Scott and Linda Carson Chair in Marketing

Nancy Swanger School of Hospitality Business Management College of Business Awarded the College of Business Teaching Innovation Grant

John Sweeney Accounting College of Business Appointed to the Ted Saldin Distinguished Professor of Accounting

Saturday, Jan. 20 Men's Basketball versus Washington

Eric Anctil Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for both Research and Travel

Tina Anctil Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Research, Travel, and Graduate Student Support

Jennifer Beller Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

Cathy Claussen Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Travel

Len Foster Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Named to the Research Panel for ISSLC Standards, Chief State School Officers

Gail Furman Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Travel

Laurie McCubbin Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Research and Graduate Student Support

Brian McNeill Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Excellence in Diversity Award and Faculty Funding Award for Travel

Michael Pavel Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Research

Thursday, Jan. 25 Men's Basketball versus Oregon State

Paula Groves-Price Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the Huie-Rogers Faculty Fellowship Award in Diversity

David Gruenewald Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Excellence in Research Award and the Faculty Funding Award for Research and Travel

Leslie Hall Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding award for Research

Hal Jackson Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the Alhadeff Teacher of Teacher Recruitment Awards

Jane Kelley Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Research and Travel, and the Alhadeff Teacher of Teacher Retention Awards

Patricia Mainella Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the Alhadeff Teacher of Teacher Recruitment Awards

Gerald Maring Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

Robert Rinehart Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Travel

John Wong Educational Leadership and Counseling Psychology College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Research Saturday, Jan. 27 Men's Basketball versus Oregon

John Browse Institute of Biological Chemistry CAHNRS Named a 2006 Regents Professor

Ken Casavant School of Economic Sciences CAHNRS Awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University

Matthew Marino Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the Alhadeff Teacher of Teacher Recruitment Awards

Jo Olson Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the Alhadeff Teacher of Teacher Recruitment Awards

Lynda Paznokas Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Research and Graduate Student Support, and the Alhadeff Teacher of Teacher Retention Awards

Mary Roe Teaching and Learning College of Education Award the College of Education faculty Funding award for Travel and Alhadeff Teacher of Teacher Retention Awards

Tom Salsbury Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Research and Travel

Pauline Sameshima Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the Alhadeff Teacher of Teacher Recruitment Awards

Dawn Shinew Teaching and Learning College of Education Awarded the College of Education Faculty Funding Award for Travel

Thursday, Feb. 1 Women's Basketball versus Arizona

Don Bender Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Appointed to serve on the national organization that is responsible for accrediting lumber grading agencies throughout the U.S. and Canada

Daniel Blum School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering and Architecture Presented with the Best Student Paper Award from the 2nd IEEE International Conference on SpaceMission Challenges for Information Technology

Anjan Bose School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering and Architecture Named a 2006 WSU Regents Professor and a Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering Jon Brown School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering and Architecture Presented with the Best Paper Award at the 2006 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-centric Computing

Ken Carper School of Architecture and Construction Management College of Engineering and Architecture Awarded the national 2006 Richard Torrens Award given by the American Society of Civil Engineers

Denny Davis School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering College of Engineering and Architecture Co-director of the Engineering Education Research Center at WSU which was named a Center for the Advancement of Scholarship on Engineering Education Research Community Affiliate as part of the National Academy of Engineering and recipient of a National Science Foundation Grant

Dave McLean Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Awarded the Alan H. Yorkdale Memorial Award by the ASTM

Reid Miller School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering College of Engineering and Architecture Awarded the Pacific Northwest American Society for Engineering Education Teaching Excellence Award for 2006

Michael Wolcott Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Awarded the Anjan Bose Outstanding Researcher Award from the College of Engineering and Architecture

Saturday, Feb. 3 Women's Basketball versus Arizona State

David Bahr School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Appointed the Director of Undergraduate Research by the Office of Undergraduate Education

Amit Bandyopadhyay School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Awarded the Graduate School Adviser of Merit Award

Susmita Bose School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Invited to participate at the "Kavli Frontiers of Science" Conference, organized by the National Academy of Sciences

Jose Delgado-Frias School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering and Architecture Presented with the Best Student Paper Award from the 2nd IEEE International Conference on SpaceMission Challenges for Information Technology

Jow-Lian Ding School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Awarded the Graduate School 2006 Advisor of Merit Award

Sean Farley School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering and Architecture Presented with the Best Paper Award at the 2006 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-centric Computing

Chris Hundhausen School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science College of Engineering and Architecture Presented with the Best Paper Award at the 2006 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-centric Computing

Sankar Jayaram School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Invited as the Keynote Speaker for the First International Virtual Manufacturing Workshop hosted by the IEEE Virtual Reality Conference 2006

Grant Norton School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Named Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs for the College of Engineering and Architecture

Chuck Pezeshki School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering College of Engineering and Architecture Elected Chair of the Faculty Senate for the 2006-2007 Academic Year

Thursday, Feb. 8 Men's Basketball versus Stanford

Peter Chilson English College of Liberal Arts Awarded the Bakeless Fiction Prize by Middlebury College and the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference

Ken Duft School of Economic Sciences CAHNRS Awarded the 2005 "Cooperator of the Year" award, endorsed by three Northwest Cooperative Trade Associations and the Northwest Cooperative Development Center

C. Richard King Comparative Ethnic Studies College of Liberal Arts Elected president of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport

Tim Kohler Anthropology College of Liberal Arts Named a 2006 Regents Professor

Karen Lupo Anthropology College of Liberal Arts Named a Fulbright Senior Specialist and awarded the College of Liberal Arts Edward R. Meyer Grant Development Award

Yolanda Flores Niemann Comparative Ethnic Studies College of Liberal Arts Named an American Council of Education Fellow for the 2006-07 academic year

Aimee Phan English College of Liberal Arts Awarded the College of Liberal Arts Award for Initiation and Completion Grants, the College Fellows Award, and received the Association of Asian American Studies Book Award in Prose

T.V. Reed English College of Liberal Arts Elected to a three-year term on the National Council of the American Studies Association

Troy Wilson Anthropology College of Liberal Arts Named the Boeing Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Studies Award

Saturday, Feb. 10 Men's Basketball versus California

Susan Armitage History College of Liberal Arts Appointed by the governor to the state-wide Advisory Committee for the Women's Consortium

Joseph Campbell Philosophy College of Liberal Arts Awarded the 2006 Marian E. Smith Faculty Achievement Award and the Honors College Thesis Advisor Award

Ann Christenson Fine Arts College of Liberal Arts Awarded the College of Liberal Arts William F. Mullen Excellence in Teaching Award

Sandra Cooper Mathematics College of Liberal Arts Awarded a National Science Foundation Grant

Carol Ivory Fine Arts College of Liberal Arts Awarded the 2006 Library Excellence Award from the WSU Libraries

Mike Kallaher Mathematics College of Liberal Arts Awarded the Faculty Excellence Award from the WSU Naval ROTC

Nicholas Lovrich Political Science College of Liberal Arts Awarded the College of Liberal Arts Dean's Distinguished Contribution Award

Christopher Lupke Foreign Languages College of Liberal Arts Awarded the College of Liberal Arts Award for Initiation and Completion Grants

Otwin Marenin Political Science College of Liberal Arts Appointed by the United Nations to the new International Policing Advisory Council

Travis Pratt Political Science College of Liberal Arts Awarded the American Society of Criminology's Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholars Award for 2006

Saturday, Feb. 17 Women's Basketball versus Washington

Thomas Brigham Psychology College of Liberal Arts Named a Fellow in the Association for Behavior Analysis

Maria Gartstein Psychology College of Liberal Arts Awarded the College of Liberal Arts Edward R. Meyer Projects award

Michiyo Hirai Psychology College of Liberal Arts Awarded the College of Liberal Arts Award for Initiation and Completion Grants

John Irby Communication College of Liberal Arts Selected as a 2006 American Society of Newspaper Editors Institute for Journalism Education Fellow and the Outstanding Educator of the Year for the newspaper division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Douglas Lane Psychology College of Liberal Arts Awarded a 2006 Judy E. Hall Early Career Psychologist Award by the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology

Frances McSweeney Psychology College of Liberal Arts Named a Fellow in the Association for Behavior Analysis

Craig Parks Psychology College of Liberal Arts Named editor of the American Psychological Association journal "Group Dynamics" and was named the WSU Mentor of the Year for 2006 in the Research Facutly category

Eugene Rosa Sociology College of Liberal Arts Awarded the College of Liberal Arts 2006 Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award

Susan Ross Communication College of Liberal Arts Named a Fulbright Senior Specialist

Noel Sturgeon Women's Studies College of Liberal Arts Recognized with the 2006 Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award

Thursday, Feb. 22 Women's Basketball versus Oregon

Stan Brown School of Music and Theatre Arts College of Liberal Arts Awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival

Jennifer Scriggins Brummett School of Music and Theatre Arts College of Liberal Arts Appointed editor of the Northwest Horn Society Newsletter

Sheila Converse School of Music and Theatre Arts College of Liberal Arts Awarded the Honors College Faculty Award

Don Dillman Social and Economic Sciences Research Center College of Liberal Arts Awarded the 2006 Helen Dinerman Award for innovative career research from the World Association for Public Opinion Research and selected to serve on the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee

Ryan Hare School of Music and Theatre Arts College of Liberal Arts Awarded a 2005 Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship

Scott Matulich School of Economic Sciences CAHNRS Recognized with the Fisheries Conference 2006 Excellence Award, and awarded the Faculty Excellence Award from the WSU Naval ROTC

Jeff Savage School of Music and Theatre Arts College of Liberal Arts Awarded second place at the Concours Grieg International Competition for Pianists at the Norwegian Academic of Music in Oslo, Norway

Karen Hsiao Savage School of Music and Theatre Arts College of Liberal Arts Awarded second place at the Concours Grieg International Competition for Pianists at the Norwegian Academic of Music in Oslo, Norway

Richard Slabaugh School of Music and Theatre Arts College of Liberal Arts Awarded the Meritorious Achievement Award from the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival

Saturday, Feb. 24 Women's Basketball versus Oregon State

Doerte Blume Physics and Astronomy College of Sciences Awarded the College of Sciences Young Faculty Achievement Award

Daoud Sayed Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy Named writer and editor of the book, "Cancer Proteomics: From Bench to Bedside," published by Hamana Press

J. Thomas Dickinson Physics and Astronomy College of Sciences Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the 2006 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction

Gerald Edwards School of Biological Sciences College of Sciences Awarded the College of Sciences Distinguished Faculty Award

Catherine Elstad Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy Selected as Teacher of the Year by the 2006 College of Pharmacy graduating class

Kay Meier Pharmaceutical Sciences College of Pharmacy Recognized by the American Physiological Society for your review work with the Editorial Board

Michael Miller Physics and Astronomy College of Sciences Named Fellow of the American Physical Society

Steve Tomsovic Physics and Astronomy College of Sciences Named Martin-Gutzwiller Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems

Thursday, March 1 Men's Basketball versus USC

Henk Granzier VCAPP College of Veterinary Medicine Awarded the Helmholtz Humboldt Research Award and the Pfizer Research Award

Michael Griswold School of Molecular Biosciences College of Sciences Awarded the 2006 Society for the Study of Reproduction Research Award

Michael Konkel School of Molecular Biosciences College of Sciences Awarded the College of Sciences Thomas E. Lutz Teaching Award

James Krueger VCAPP College of Veterinary Medicine Awarded an honorary M.D. degree from the University of Szeged, Hungary, and the 2006 Distinguished Scientist Award from the Sleep Research Society

Nancy Magnuson School of Molecular Biosciences College of Sciences Awarded the 2005 Samuel H. Smith Leadership Award

David Schneider VCAPP College of Veterinary Medicine Awarded the Honors College Thesis Advisor Award

Michael Skinner School of Molecular Biosciences College of Sciences Awarded the 2006 Sahlin Faculty Excellence Award for Research, Scholarship, and Arts

Michael Smerdon School of Molecular Biosciences College of Sciences Named a 2006 Regents Professor

Patricia Talcott VCAPP College of Veterinary Medicine Awarded the Carl Norden Distinguished Teacher Award from the 2006 Class of the College of Veterinary Medicine

John Wyrick School of Molecular Biosciences College of Sciences Awarded a Grant from the Fraternal Order of Eagles for Cancer Research

Saturday, March 3 Men's Basketball versus UCLA

Warwick Bayly Veterinary Clinical Science College of Veterinary Medicine Named the 2006 Washington State Veterinary Medical Association's Veterinarian of the Year Chris Davies Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Awarded the J. Christian Herr Award from the American Society for Reproductive Immunology

John Gay Veterinary Clinical Science College of Veterinary Medicine Awarded the 2006 Washington State Veterinary Medical Association's Faculty Member of the Year Award

Dennis Haarsager Educational and Public Media Information Technology Awarded the national Public Radio Regional Organizations award for significant contributions to the health and growth of public radio

Terry McElwain Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Presented with the Animal Health Award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and with Alumni Achievement Award from the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine

Guy Palmer Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences

Nina Woodford Office of Campus Veterinarian College of Veterinary Medicine Presented with the national Foster Award for scoring the highest on the practical portion of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine certifying examination for 2005

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